Buckle.



,J. P. DUNN. V

BUCKLE.

APPLHJATIOH FILED NOV. 11, 1910.

1 ,103,275. Patented July 14, 1914.

WITNESSES IIVl /E/VTOR ATTORNEY WHEN, I. DUHN. F NEW YORK, N. Y.

j BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jury. 1.4, .1914.

Application medm vembe s ria -No. 58,1,818;

To all whom wit may concemr, Be it. known that}, Jenn EIDUNN, acit-izen ofthe' United States, and a resident: of

the cityof New Y-ork,lborough of theBronx, n thecounty and-State of New York, have invented a new. and Improved Buckle, of

which the following is a full, :clear, and exact description.

, The object of the present invention is to form a buckle for. belts the construction whereof is simplified and 'cheapened;

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structure illustrated -in the'accompanyingdrawings, in which likev characters of reference denote corresponding parts n all the views, 'and' in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a' belt haw ing attached thereto a buckle constructed and arranged in accordance with the press 'ent invention; Fig. 2vis an. edge :viewof the same; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 4; Fig. eisaba'ck View; of a. buckle'constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention Fig; 5' is a cross section taken on the'line 5-5Jin Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a detail view show ing the sheet metal blank from. which the body portion of the buckle is cor'istructed;v

and Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the sheet metal blank from which is constructed the movable gripping member of the buckle.

In Fig. 6 of theedrawings there is shown a-sheet metal blank fromwhich. the,body port-ionor faceplate of the buckle is constriated. In Fig. 7 is shown the sheet metal blank from which the clampingmember of the blank. In-the buckle adjacent to the face plate 11 and at either edge thereof are flanges 12, 12. The flanges 12, 12 serve as guides-for the free end A of the belt B when the said free end islthreaded throughthe buckle. Connected with the flanges 12 are overturned edge loops 13, 13- provided,

to form guide receptacles for the runners 14, 140i theclampmg plate.

. The buckle is heldto the belt 3 in fixed .relation thereto by a crossbar/1 5. I Inthe present construction thecross bar- 15. is formed in. two sections, as seen in 'Eig.'.-6-=of' f. toe drawings, being extensions of the flange I .12 on each side oftthe body portion of theblank adapted to meet midway, as shown-in 7 said Fig. 6 in dotted lines. At the receiving end of the buckle, where the free end A of the belt B is inserted in the buckle,-vthere is, provided a nosing or rolled ridge 16.- The ridge 16.is err-tended 'from the inner side of the faceplate 11-, the object of the construction being to extend the face plate 11' from the body of the wearer to compensate at this endzof the buckle for the added thicknesses. of the belt under-the opposite end of-thesaid buckle. This arrangementproduces the. etfect in-the buckle E the extensiomof the the-buckle. 1 n. f ming: the ody-portion the of the loop lextensionstlB are overturned when worn, of levelingthe same, orpresent ing an evenly'curved suriace concentric with belt; on both. sides of.

'buckle from the blank shown in Fig. 6,"t he operations followedin order are :--.The ends f above the body of the loop extensions or the flanges 12, and disposed in" parallel relation thereto, thus forming groovesvopening each toward theother and parallel with the face plate 11. The nosing 16 is then formedfby rolling the. end sections 16 of'the blank to form the ridge as seen in the drawings. -.The" flanges 12 are then bent upward 'on-. the I lines a a, a-a in perpendicular relation to' the face plate 11. At this stage in the pro-' ceedings in forming the buckle the clamp" plate 17 is. adjusted upon the body portion of the buckle. The clamp plate 17 is provided with the runners 14, 14 disposed ate.

theouter edge of the body of-the plate. 17,"

and with finger extensions 18, 18 connected therewith. The extensions18, 18,are protruded slightly beyond the flanges 12, 12 to afford-a finger hold for the wearer oi the buckle wherewith to adjustthe clamp plate 17. {The forward end or nose 19 of the clamping plate is upturned, as shownbest in Fig. 3' of the drawings, to avoid the nose 16 or" the body portion of the buckle. At the opposite end the clamping plate is depressed to form a gripping edge 20. 14, '14; are inclined to form wedgemernbers for the plate 17. The said runners and edge The runners 20 are so arranged that ,asfthe clamping plate is forced toward the nosing. 16 the edge.

20 is forced toward the face plate ll.- In the operation of the belt this action serves to hold the belt between the edge'20 and the face of the plate 11, as the pull ofthe belt 7 toward the nosing 16 serves only to move the edge 20 toward the inner surface of the face plate 11, thereby the more. firmly gripping the belt interposed. The clamping plate 17 is placed in position upon the body portion prior to overturning the crossbar extensions 15, 15. When the cross barextensions are so overturned they intercept the clamp 17 to prevent the withdrawal of the same from under the loops l3, l3.' With the formation of the crossbar 15 the buckle construction of this part of the buckle. It isalso evident that the body portion is quickly and readily formed from metal cut to the shape. of the blank in Fig. 6.

Having-thus described my invention, what ters Patent is In a buckle such as described, the combination with a movable clamp plate having laterally-disposed upturnedcam-shaped runners; of'a faceplate constructed from sheet metal, having laterally disposed upturned side flan es, said flanges being overturned to form o'ok-shaped'loops to receive and form' abearingfor said runners, and said I claim as newv and desire to secure by Letface plate having a cross bar for fastening a belt thereto, said "cross bar being spaced apart from, and constructed integral with the body of the face plate and composed of two half sections extendedfrom the raised edge of said flangetoward the longitudinal median line of said face plate, to mutually receive the strain of said belt, and said face plate having on the end thereof oppositethe said cross bar a curled portion to form. a nosing, approximating in projection from the body of said face plate onefhalf the s ace between the said cross bar and body of the face plate. v

.In testimony whereof I have'signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN DUNN.

'Witnesses:

E. F. MURDOCK, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUB. 

